David West scored 30 points with 10 rebounds to lead the New Orleans Hornets to their fifth straight win, 98-91 over the Philadelphia 76ers on Monday. West was chosen the Western Conference player of the week only hours earlier on the strength of his 28.5 points and 10.5 rebounds in four Hornets' victories. The new week brought more of the same stellar production. West scored the Hornets' first 12 points as they raced to a 13-point lead. New Orleans is on a season-high winning streak. Led by West, the Hornets won for the seventh time in nine games since the All-Star break. Chris Paul bounced back from a two-point first half to finish with 16 points and 12 assists. Andre Iguodala scored 30 points and Andre Miller had 28 for Philadelphia. Hawks 98, Wizards 89: At Washington, Marvin Williams scored 28 points as Atlanta completed a season sweep of Washington. Al Horford added 16 points, and Joe Johnson had 16 points and 13 rebounds for the Hawks, who broke open a tie game with a 20-6 run that started late in the third quarter and went well into the fourth. Antawn Jamison scored 23 points for the Wizards, who were more short-handed than usual when Caron Butler was scratched with tightness in his left hamstring. Washington fell to 0-13 against the Southeast Division, just three games away from becoming the first NBA team to go winless within its division. Thunder 96; Mavericks 87: At Oklahoma City, Nenad Krstic scored a season-high 26 points and rookie Russell Westbrook added 17 as part of his first career triple double to lead the undermanned Oklahoma City past Dallas. Kevin Durant (sprained ankle) and Jeff Green (back spasms) were both out, but the Thunder got Krstic's biggest scoring outing since December 2006. Westbrook had the franchise's first triple-double since an offseason move from Seattle with 10 rebounds and 10 assists. Dirk Nowitzki led Dallas' charge back from a 23-point deficit, and his 3-pointer from the right wing got the Mavericks back within 88-84 with 4:13 to play. Cavaliers 107, Heat 100: At Miami, LeBron James scored 42 points and Mo Williams got 17 of his 30 in the fourth quarter as Cleveland rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Miami. Spurs 106, Clippers 78: At Los Angeles, Tony Parker had 26 points and 10 assists as San Antonio pulled away from the Los Angeles Clippers in the third quarter with four 3
